Rental Prices Continue to Fall in 3rd Quarter
Life’s gotten a little easier for the renting crowd, according to a new report from Brownstone Homes (a firm we’ll admit to never having heard of). In the third quarter, which is the period of biggest turnover, more than half of new leases in Brownstone Brooklyn were done at lower prices than the preceding period….
Life’s gotten a little easier for the renting crowd, according to a new report from Brownstone Homes (a firm we’ll admit to never having heard of). In the third quarter, which is the period of biggest turnover, more than half of new leases in Brownstone Brooklyn were done at lower prices than the preceding period. In Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, the reductions were as much as 15 percent. Not surprisingly, apartments are sitting on the market longer, resulting in a correspondingly higher overall vacancy rate. All fine and good, but we’d like to know something about the number of data points.
Brooklyn Rents Down, Apartment Vacancies Up [Brooklyn Eagle]
Leases Up, Rents Still Down in Brooklyn [Curbed]
I have to agree with FSRG re NYPD. Kelly is the best thing that ever happened to the Dept., despite certain incidents. The force has added many more minorities, is in the forefront of fighting terrorism, and Guiliani was horrible for race relations. Horrible, uncaring and still has a tin ear.
BHO…you are backing two losing horses…Thompson and half off brownstones. Give me some stock tips so I can take the other side of them!!!!!!!!
benson- did you not read my comment on republican mayors? NYC is what it is- do you honestly think majority Republican areas are any different? I know someone who lives in a very ritzy area of Connecticut. They were Dems and eventually registered as Republicans because of political and social pressures. They run a not-for-profit.
Damn, see what my tag does. Take it to the Open Topic, guys.
***Bill Thompson for Mayor***
Yes the comptroller is a relatively weak position, and winning a democratic primary virtually unopposed is hardly an accomplishment worth bragging about..
and to compare Bloomberg using his political (and monetary influence) to advance his political agenda (which I beleive is how politics is played EVERYWHERE) is FAR FAR FAR from selling Money Management placements to campaign contributors (i.e. personal benefit) – which is essentially what Thompson did – and doesn’t deny (he just says the two were unrelated), and if you cant see that then I’m afraid you are blind.
As for your assessment of the NYPD – I am not going to get into a tit-for-tat on it, since obviously you and I see things differently but it is undisputable that THOUSANDS more people of color are alive today, then would be if crime were even at the rates under Guiliani – and to ignore that while simply citing a few instances of (unclear) possible miconduct [harlem cop was running down the street with a gun out and no badge for god sake] is to take the debate so far out of REALITY and CONTEXT that it makes such discussions impossible.
Bxgrl;
I am not interested in turning this into a “left vs. right” debate. As I mentioned to you a few days ago, the situation in NYC is a typical one when any locality is totally dominated by one party. If you want to see another example of it, look to Nassau county. Up until 10 years ago, it was completely dominated by Republicans, with the same grip on the local machinery, and the same inevitable corruption.
This is not a Republican versus Democrat issue. It is a situation where one party has control over the levers of government, and uses it to reamin in power and reward their backers. See my example above of what happened to my teacher friend to understand how this works. Most folks would have buckled under the demands of the local machine, if they were in my firend’s place. It is very hard to displace a party that has a grip on all the levers of government, which is why this town once again needs a strong, independent person like Mike Bloomberg to keep it in check.
People talk as though the Democrats have run the republicans out of town. Maybe the question should be, why don’t the Republicans have a stronger voter base? No one is shutting them out- they just aren’t appealing to the electorate. Fact is, We usually elect a Republican Mayor while the rest of City Gov. is heavily Democratic. Maybe out way of having checks and balances. And BB was a Democrat until he ran for Mayor. He’s not exactly their poster boy as was shown when he went to Albany during the Bush years.
“Please. Bloomie has done next to nothing of any substance in this city. He rode on a wave of good times. A sock monkey could have done as well.”
Well your right if you consider in a post-911 NYC he:
Improved NYC fiscal standing dramatically
Lowered Crime by 30% (including in two upturns of unemployment 2002-2003 and 2008-2009)
Improved schools dramatically (graduation rates up 10+%, ended almost all social promotion,test scores up, school crime down, eased overcrowding in many schools, expanded choice with huge increase in charter schools)
Implemented a revolutionary smoking ban – (against public opinion)
Has helped protect NYC from another terrorist attack (if Bush can claim this then CERTAINLY Bloomberg and Kelly can as well)
Implemented 311
Implemented a massive new waste transfer plan
Got new street furniture and (albeit a few) public toilets operating – at ZERO cost to NYC (actually a profit)
Has been extremely progressive in trying new ideas, such as closing Broadway to make pedestrian plazas, moving cross walks to ease grid lock, forcing taxis to be hybrid and accept credit cards, setting up in lane bus stops, trying to get congestion pricing (and other things that I cant recall)
Has added new parks and undertaken and completed many dramatic park improvements (turf fields, new equipment, etc…)
and IMHO the city is as clean as ever with other city services (snow removal, garbage, recycling, etc) as good as or better than ever.
I think that mostly covers it – please name a Mayor that has done more?
Good, fsrq. But to say pay-to-play is limited to Thompson, come on! Bloomberg’s fortune and influence cannot be ignored. How’d he turn over term limits in the council?
“achieved essentially ZERO in his adult life beyond getting elected or appointed to relatively weak positions”
Controller is weak? The democratic primary is weak? And Ray Kelly has got to go. The out-of-control element of the NYPD has not changed while under his watch (Sean Bell, Lafayette and Classon, Harlem Cop, etc.). Not DIRECTLY his fault but it’s like professional coaches, it’s just time for change.
***Bill Thompson for Mayor***